CVE-2018-14338 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Exiv2

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow7 documents6 sources
Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Exiv2Debian Exiv2
Timeline
PublishedJul 17
Latest updateMay 14

Description

samples/geotag.cpp in the example code of Exiv2 0.26 misuses the realpath function on POSIX platforms (other than Apple platforms) where glibc is not used, possibly leading to a buffer overflow.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDexiv2/exiv20.26
▶debiandebian/exiv2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vcrp-2wmj-jrg8: samples/geotag↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-14338: samples/geotag↗2018-07-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
exiv2: buffer overflow in samples/geotag.cpp↗2018-07-14
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Debian
CVE-2018-14338: exiv2 - samples/geotag.cpp in the example code of Exiv2 0.26 misuses the realpath functi...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14338 exiv2: buffer overflow in samples/geotag.cpp [fedora-all]↗2018-07-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14338 exiv2: buffer overflow in samples/geotag.cpp↗2018-07-27
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